As founding executive director of Oregon Just Transition Alliance, Joel Iboa served as campaign director of the Oregon Clean Energy Opportunity during the 2021 Oregon Legislative Session. Under his leadership, Oregon now has the fastest timeline and best labor standards for 100% clean energy in the country.

During the Trump administration, Joel was a coalition manager for Causa Oregon, Oregon’s immigrant rights organization. He doubled the size of One Oregon, building a statewide coalition of over 100 organizations with the sole focus of defending against anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim policies and ballot measures.

He also led coalitions defending the nation’s first sanctuary law as well as advocating for the passage of House Bill 2015, making Oregon the 14th state to allow people without legal status the ability to drive.

Joel Iboa has also served as chair of the Eugene Human Rights Commission from 2019 to 2021, championing two sanctuary resolutions as well as a resolution condemning white nationalism. He is the youngest person to be elected Chair for the Oregon Governor's Environmental Justice Task Force (2017 to present).